FAMILY CIRCLE CUP

April 1, 1995

Natalia Zvereva

NATASHA ZVEREVA: Not really, no. It was tough for me. I came out and I had very, very low energy and I couldn't really, like, bring it up. I've tried and it just didn't work and she hits the ball very loopy-type spin, that makes it even more harder for me to get a groove and into a rhythm.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: I think so, yeah, that's pretty logical to think so.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: Excuse me?

NATASHA ZVEREVA: Which one?

NATASHA ZVEREVA: It was a banquet. It was Family Circle Magazine Cup Player That Makes A Difference Award banquet, yeah. It was good. It was good food. I ate and a stayed as long as I could and I left. I was getting a little tired.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: I don't think lethargic is the word. It's just that I just felt very low energy, yeah.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: It wouldn't be a very good idea because for me to play safer and have a lot more patience than I did, it probably means that I would lose easier because she was wearing me down really well. She knows that and that's how she is basically playing all the time; she wears an opponent down and she goes for a kill. If I was trying to play more safer I think I would just die out there. I was getting really, really tired.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: None. It's -- it seems to be that way when I play against her in clay; especially slow surfaces and high bounce. On faster surfaces like maybe grass or indoors I have more -- my tactics work a little bit better, yeah, because then I'm able to come in a little bit more and try to put vollies away more.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: Yes, I've lost a couple of really important points and if I were to have won a couple of games it probably would have made the first set a lot tougher and it would probably let me get into the groove a little bit more, but I guess not.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: I think I played her quite often. I played her in championships first round, yeah.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: Excuse me?

NATASHA ZVEREVA: Yes, I believe so. I don't think she'll have any problems whoever she's playing against; either Silvia or Maggie. I mean, I always give credit to another player but I just think Conchita's game is a lot more suitable for clay than the rest of the -- the two of the other people.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: I had very little confidence last night playing Larisa too, but I think she felt also a little bit nervous and that might have given me more of an edge.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: A week right next to Lipton?

NATASHA ZVEREVA: Oh, yeah. I don't know, this tournament seems to be doing really well with player attendance apart from pulling out, but I guess it's injury. So I mean whoever played here, Conchita and Arantxa and Gabi and -- you know, that's quite a field out there, so I think it's doing really well in the dates. I mean, the only disadvantage is of course going from hard courts to clay court, but we're all professional athletes. If you made up your mind, go ahead and go do it.

NATASHA ZVEREVA: Thanks.